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Author Hart, John, 1942 October 3-

Title Stories of Gay and Lesbian Immigration : Together Forever?

Publication Info. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (192 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Queer Development of Gay and Lesbian Immigration; The Beginnings of Gay and Lesbian Couple Recognition; Homosexuality and the Settlement of Australia; The Development of an Arrangement Between the Task Force and the Government; The Effects on the Couples; An Arrangement Is Made Between the Minister and the Task Force; Progress Since the Arrangement; Chapter 2. Finding Out About Couples; Anxieties; Convincing the Government We Were Genuine Homosexual Couples.
The Original Study Group in 1988Personal Costs; What Has Changed Since the 1980s?; Chapter 3. Success and Failure in Relationships- Who's Counting?; Applications to Change Status to Permanent Resident, 1988/1989; HIV/AIDS; Conclusions I Made in 1990; Problems in the Categorization of Success and Failure; A Missing Element in the Research Story; Chapter 4. Europe, North America, Thailand, and Back; Chapter 5. Some Partners in 2000; Chapter 6. Gay and Lesbian Relationships and Immigration; The Political Moment; Sexual Values; Other Stories Now Can Be Told; Findings in 2000; Outcomes.
The Stories So FarImmigration and Relationships; Responsibilities We Can Assume As Nonheterosexuals; Research Methods; References.
Summary Share the personal stories of gay and lesbian couples who immigrated to Australia!This fascinating book examines the Australian government's innovative immigration program for same-sex couples. Covering the time from the early 1980s to 2000, Stories of Gay and Lesbian Immigration: Together Forever? offers a powerful glimpse into the gains and costs of immigration. Its twenty-year span offers insight into both immediate and long-term implications of this policy. Stories of Gay and Lesbian Immigration intertwines the personal stories of gay and lesbian immigrants, including th.
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Subject Hart, John, 1942 October 3-
Hart, John, 1942 October 3-
Gay rights -- Australia.
Gay rights.
Australia.
Emigration and immigration law -- Australia.
Emigration and immigration law.
Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- Case studies.
Emigration and immigration.
Gay immigrants -- Australia -- Case studies.
Gay immigrants.
Same-sex marriage -- Australia -- Case studies.
Same-sex marriage.
AIDS (Disease) -- Law and legislation -- Australia.
AIDS (Disease) -- Law and legislation.
AIDS (Disease)
Genre/Form Case studies.
Electronic books.
Subject Gay rights.
Same-sex marriage.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Other Form: Print version: Dececco, Phd, John. Stories of Gay and Lesbian Immigration : Together Forever? Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2014 9780789007063
ISBN 9781317712794 (electronic book)
131771279X (electronic book)